Richard raby



RRABY. BROOM HEAD.

(No'Model.)

No, 536,296. Patented Mar. 26, 1895.

Je? l UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFHCE.

RICHARD RABY, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

eRooM-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,296, dated March26, 1895. Application filed December 20,1894. Serial No. 532,451. (Nomodel.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD RABY, a citizen of the United States,residing at York, in the county of York'and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvemen ts `in Broom-Heads, of whichthe following is a specication.

My invention relates to an improved broomhead.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind which issimple, light and cheap, and4 which may be very readily opened for theinsertion of new broom straw and securely closed in order to clamp orhold the straw in the form of a broom.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showingthe two parts of the holder separated and a filling device in positionto receive and confine the straw therein. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the broom-head or holder closed and Fig. 3 is a partial section onthe line a.-a of Fig. 2.

My improved broom-head consists of two separable sections each havingtwo side arms 1, lower connecting bars 2 which form the clamp to holdthe broom straw, and upper cross bars or plates 3 which confine the endsof the straw between them. The main section A has also a flat top plate4 which, together with the side bars 3, forms a box-like receptacle forthe ends of the straw.V Extending upward from the center of this plateis a socket 5 to receive the handle of the broom. The ends of the plate4 are cut away for half their depth, as at 6, to receive the upper endsof the arms l of the removable section B. Upon the front edge of thetopplate 4 is a series of semi-circular or curved projections or hooks 7.The smaller, and detachable section B has its side arms 1 extendingslightly above the plate3 and fitting the notches or recesses 6 in theplate 4. On the upper edge of the cross plate 3 is a series of outwardlyprojecting lugs 8 fitting within and corresponding in number andposition to the curved hooks 7 of the main section A. The lower ends ofthe arms 1 of one of the sections are cut away as shown at 9 on thesection B; and the lower ends of the arms 1 on the other section haveprojections or feet 10 which extend from one clamping plate 2 to theother, fitting .the space adjacent to the beveled ends 9. These feet 10prevent the straw from working out through the side seams between thearms of the sections when the broom is in use.

`To fill the broom -head, the section A is placed in the position shownin Fig. 1 and a sheet iron lling piece C having its ends bent up, andadapted to Iit between the arms 1, is placed in position as shown insaid ligure. The straw is then laid in the iilling piece and spread out,the ends being` placed on the cross plate 3 and against the top plate 4.

tion with the projections 8 in the hooks 7 and the ends of the arms 1 inthe recesses 6. The projections S and hooks 7 form hinges which securelyhold the upper part of the section B while the lower part is beingpressed down upon the straw. Upon the bars2 area series of teeth 11which prevent the straw from shifting after it is properly placed in theholder. The clamping plates 2 are finally connected securely together bymeans of screws 12 or other suitable fastening devices..

It will be evident that the hinging hooks and projections 7, 8 togetherwith ,the extensions of the arms 1 which tit in the recesses 6, providevery simple and effective means of fastening the two sections togetherand holding them secure from any relative movement.

The two parts composing my improved broom-head are very simple in designand can be cheaply made of castrmalleable metal.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure lbyLetters Patent, 1s-

As a new article of manufacture, a broomhead composed of two separablesections each section having two side arms, an upper crossplate 3, and alower clamping bar; one of said sections having'a dat top plate 4provided The upper section B is then placed in posiwith a socket for thehandle and with recesses in its ends opposite the arms of the othersection, said top plate 4 having curved extena box-like receptacle forthe broom ends, subsions or hooks 'on its forward edge; and theStantiaily as described. I 5 other section having its side arms extendedIn testimony whereof I aiix my signature upward to fit the recesses ofthe plate 4 and in presence of two Witnesses.

5 having shoulders or projections 8 on the cross RICHARD RABY.

plate adapted to fit and eo-operate with the Vitnesses: hooks 7 to hingethe sections together, the T. W. MYTON,

side arms l, cross-plates 8, and top 4 forming D. A. EBERLE.

